There were some interpretations of the movie, such as political interpretation. Tom Hanks, the actor of Forrest Gump, said the movie was non-political thus non-judgmental. Nevertheless, there was still a debate on CNN’s “Crossfire” on did the movie promote conservative values or was it just an illustration of the past system, something that was bad and deserved to be changed. Still, the movie was called “aggressively conservative” by Thomas Byers in the Modern Fiction Studies. This was because Forrest Gump followed a more conservative way of life, while his love, and wife after, followed a very different kind of view. Very multicultural, protesting for freedom and peace. Some said that Jenny’s death showcase death of liberal America, and the
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In 2009, it went in “top twenty five conservative movies” of all time. It was fourth on the list from all twenty-five of them. Professor from Salisbury University argued couple of things from the movie being called conservative. It was a crossfire for the movie in 1995, since there was a class of Hollywood and American Values. There was an apolitical nature behind the movie which managed to get many different political views into it. The movie itself was not politically made to get liberal or republican party more votes, but rather tell a story of a young man who survived many of great disasters and also many beautiful things. James Burton, again praise the movie for non-political association or elements. There were ways that the liberal side was able to “claim” the movie by criticizing the military values, but rather, they concentrated and focused more on what the film did not show, and those are feminist and civil rights movements.
Music in the movie was from singers and bands that were famous during the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. They feel that Forrest Gump would never buy anything that is not American, and in the movie only American music was in, which is everything that was great in that time of United States of …show more content…
- https://thewolflair.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/man-not-named-forrest-gump-runs-across-the-u-s/
Loss of innocence: 'Forrest Gump' at 10, Ty Burr - http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/06/20/loss_of_innocence_forrest_gump_at_10/
Forrest Gump Gets A Sequel, Josh Tyler - http://www.webcitation.org/5texlRlch?url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Forrest-Gump-Gets-A-Sequel-4626.html
9/11 Killed The Forrest Gump Sequel - http://www.webcitation.org/5texjrGVQ?url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/07/911-killed-the-forrest-gump-sequel/ accessAtlanta, Ben Nuckols - https://web.archive.org/web/20120111160501/http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-movies/forrest-gump-hannibal-lecter-1277319.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
Forrest Gump, Mark Harris - http://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/forrest-gump/
2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates - https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-11-240/
"Forrest Gump" 20 years later, CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/forrest-gump-20-years-later/
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In 2009, it went in “top twenty five conservative movies” of all time. It was fourth on the list from all twenty-five of them. Professor from Salisbury University argued couple of things from the movie being called conservative. It was a crossfire for the movie in 1995, since there was a class of Hollywood and American Values. There was an apolitical nature behind the movie which managed to get many different political views into it. The movie itself was not politically made to get liberal or republican party more votes, but rather tell a story of a young man who survived many of great disasters and also many beautiful things. James Burton, again praise the movie for non-political association or elements. There were ways that the liberal side was able to “claim” the movie by criticizing the military values, but rather, they concentrated and focused more on what the film did not show, and those are feminist and civil rights movements.
Music in the movie was from singers and bands that were famous during the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. They feel that Forrest Gump would never buy anything that is not American, and in the movie only American music was in, which is everything that was great in that time of United States of …show more content…
- https://thewolflair.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/man-not-named-forrest-gump-runs-across-the-u-s/
Loss of innocence: 'Forrest Gump' at 10, Ty Burr - http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2004/06/20/loss_of_innocence_forrest_gump_at_10/
Forrest Gump Gets A Sequel, Josh Tyler - http://www.webcitation.org/5texlRlch?url=http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Forrest-Gump-Gets-A-Sequel-4626.html
9/11 Killed The Forrest Gump Sequel - http://www.webcitation.org/5texjrGVQ?url=http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/07/911-killed-the-forrest-gump-sequel/ accessAtlanta, Ben Nuckols - https://web.archive.org/web/20120111160501/http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-movies/forrest-gump-hannibal-lecter-1277319.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
Forrest Gump, Mark Harris - http://ew.com/article/1994/07/15/forrest-gump/
2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates - https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-11-240/
"Forrest Gump" 20 years later, CBS News - https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/forrest-gump-20-years-later/
In Pictures: 10 Career-Changing Roles That Almost Weren't -